Kimball Electramatic Player Organ - Suite Gothique

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Uploaded by on Mar 9, 2008

The '67 Kimball, thinking that it's a grand Pipe Organ, attempts the 4th movement of Leon Boellmann's 'Suite Gothique'. Enjoy :)

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  • There is no 5th movement of the gothic suite!

    This is the 4th movement, the toccata.

  • oops!

  • does it use player piano rolls ? are are they special rolls just for the organ ?

  • it can play both. the organ rolls are 88 note format but of organ arrangements. There are some minor control perforations too for volume and tempo adjustments

  • Another Kimball design was the use of photoelectric cells where the tones were provided by shining a light through the etched glass resembling the waveform. It did a good job of sounding like a pipe organ. Biggest problem was the bulbs burned

    out very quickly. This was in 1962. Anybody remember it ??

  • I thought that was a Baldwin design? Then there was the Optigan - same principal.

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  • do the pedals move too?

  • awesome i have to get one of those

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  • Is this a piano or organ roll?? Who made the roll,and what is the number? I have a player pipe organ that uses 88 note rolls like, and it would sound cool! Hope to hear from you soon!

  • I found one of these on ebay! its in non working condition and in antique white. but im very tempted.

  • I saw one of these in a home one time, and no the pedals do not move. You could hear the pedals very clearly the same as on here. The one I remember had stop tabs across the top and were pitched at 16' and 8' only. It was unique to say the least but not my cup of tea.

  • It's a shame to waste a good player mechanism on such an organ. But it does give value to that little Kimball. I used to sell those 40 years ago when I was in high school. I still like the "samba" rhythm and bossa nova.

  • Fun and Ambitious! :)

  • haha

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